A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word '--'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
--Occurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus4.5157
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness) 35.2 1 1
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 5 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire 21.4 2 1
LAL - General Central 1.3 1 1
SEA - South East (Borders) 96.9 8 1
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of -- in Corpus

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Orkney

Baikie, R. M. Mair Fairming Tales, (Baikie 2000 ISBN: 978-0953156412) Orkney - Hackland, prose
sentable, an free o aal them t--s" on page 81

1 matches

@peediepuss tweeted
@molach95 Luggit--skelp on the lug (2021) twitter link

Shetland

Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
Matthew 7:1--11 on page 97
Matthew 25:14--30 on page 105
Luke 10:27--37 on page 115
Luke 22:14--20 on page 143

4 matches

North Northern B (Caithness)

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
Soo--oop o e e---e-evenan, on page 102

1 matches

General Northern

McDonald, John Mou Her Name, (Evertype 2018 ISBN: 978-1782012054) Doric, poetry
is refleckit licht whit spleet--new galaxy's this that ootshee on page 3

4 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
it, I shid hae said-na, a belt--I mean-I beg your pardon!" she on page 80

1 matches

(South) East Central

Fleemin, Sandy Report on Inquiry intil the role Submission, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central - East Lothian, government
d at Toombucht, wi' his shears--she had trysted Ecky withoot e
y withoot ever lettin on to me--to gie me a clip; for she said
2 matches

Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
e kin hardly hear yersel think--an they don't seem tae hiv ony on page 83
lucky guests oaf tae execution--wance mair the pig-bairn wis s on page 122

5 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
Grammar buik, "A mous-oa mous--tae a mous-a mous-O mous!" The on page 21
Naw, tie thaim thegither furst--they're no reachin hauf faur e on page 37
earn it some tricks, sae I wad--gin I'd only been the richt si on page 41
nae mind things as I uised tae--an I dinnae keep the same size on page 44

5 matches

General Central

Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
like the flair o the Forest _--aw whins and ferns and heather on page 163

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
Plays Christ tae drog--drunk Mary unner nae on page 33
There hinnie--blobs an drap-ripe peers, on page 52

2 matches

Peninsular Ulster (Ards)

McDonald, Fiona Frae Cowie's Cragg, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2021 ISBN: B0949GXX7K) Ulster, poetry
d wus pittin in pipes on tha C--Road an aa tha treffic wus pii on page 25

1 matches

General Ulster

@HurchinHome tweeted
" is Scotland's favourite word--what is your favourite Ulster-(2014)